A prominent Italian investigative journalist has been targeted in a bomb attack, with the rudimentary but powerful device almost destroying his car and damaging a neighbour’s home.

Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts Report, an investigative programme aired by the state broadcaster, Rai, said the explosion happened about 20 minutes after he returned to his home in Campo Ascolano, close to Rome, on Thursday night.

The explosion also partly destroyed a car belonging to Ranucci’s daughter. Nobody was injured in the attack and an investigation has been opened by anti-mafia police in Rome.

The bomb, possibly made from fireworks, was planted between two vases outside Ranucci’s home, according to reports in the Italian press on Friday morning, citing police sources. The device was not detonated remote

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